| Really, I've been lucky in life. I've had some great friends and I have wonderful parents and family members who love me dearly. Unfortunately, I haven't always been able to see that. I put on a smile and I walk down the hall laughing now, and it's sincere, but up untill just about a year ago, it wasn't as sincere as it could have been. For reasons beyond me, there are people in this world who set out to make other people's lives miserable. I don't know if it makes them feel powerful, or if it simply amuses them to watch other people cry inside. I've had my fair share of people who act like that around me, and treat me with that same mentality. I've always been happy, and I've never taken the things I have for granted, but no one can always turn their face and smile when someone hurts them deeply.No, there was no one situation in which I just suddenly realized to start ignoring these people. It just naturally happened. Through my friends, and through my own self-discovery. So many poeple say how they have yet to find themselves or to understand who they really are. I don't believe that that is at all true. I have found myself and I know who I am. Through the experiences of my life, I have come to realize that it is impossible to please everyone. I have learned to pay more attention to the compliments and less attention to the put-downs. Any "friend" that has the heart to make fun of you to your face or say things about you that aren't true, isn't a friend at all. No, it's not worth telling them off or letting them know how they've hurt you. If they have the weak soul to do it in the first place, no matter what you do or say is going to change that. They will either find it on their own or they will go on forever putting other people done and "boosting their own confidence." I have found it in myself to simply ignore these people and to remember what it is about myself that I love, and what my true friends love. If you have always treated me with kindess and with love, than you are among them. I hope that this has had some meaning for you, and that you have understood what I have said, and maybe you know me a little better know.. |
